PT-2015-2212 · Google · Android

Published 2015-10-01 · Updated 2015-10-01 · CVE-2015-3843

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 5.1.1 LMY48I

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the SIM Toolkit component of the Android operating system. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted application to intercept or emulate SIM STK commands. The vulnerability is related to the com/android/internal/telephony/cat/AppInterface.java file.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 5.1.1 LMY48I, update to version 5.1.1 LMY48I or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the SIM Toolkit component until a patch is available.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11558

CVE-2015-3843

Affected Products

Android

References · 7

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11558 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3843 · Security Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/services/Telephony/+/fcb1d13c320dd1a6350bc7af3166929b4d54a456 · Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/telephony/+/b48581401259439dc5ef6dcf8b0f303e4cbefbe9 · Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Stk/+/1d8e00160c07ae308e5b460214eb2a425b93ccf7 · Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/a5e904e7eb3aaec532de83ca52e24af18e0496b4 · Note
• https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=android-security-updates/Ugvu3fi6RQM/yzJvoTVrIQAJ · Note